Putin won the Russian presidential election and said that he would continue to promote national development.

    Xinhua News Agency, Moscow, March 18 (Reporter Chen Ting, Liu Kai) According to the data released by the Russian Central Election Commission in the early morning of the 18th local time, among the 85% of the votes counted in the Russian presidential election, the current President Putin has greatly led other candidates with 87.19% of the votes, and has actually won the presidential election.

    Haritonov of communist party of Russian Federation ranked second with 4.24% of the votes, Da Vankov of Russian New Party ranked third with 3.99% of the votes, and slutsky of Russian Liberal Democratic Party ranked fourth with 3.16% of the votes.

    Putin delivered a speech at the campaign headquarters in the early morning of the 18th, thanking all voters for their support. He said that Russia is a big family, and the results of this election reflect the trust and expectations of voters, and all the tasks of the country will be completed. Russia will further develop and become more solid, stronger and more efficient.

    Putin said at a subsequent press conference that he would continue to promote national development in his new term. He said that all the main tasks of national development have been expounded in the State of the Union address recently delivered to the two houses of parliament, and every effort will be made to achieve the set goals.

    The official voting for the eighth presidential election in Russia was held from 15th to 17th. According to the Russian presidential election rules, the person who gets more than 50% of the votes in the election is elected president. The Russian Central Election Commission will confirm the results of this presidential election no later than March 28th, and announce them within 3 days after the election results are confirmed.

    Pamfilova, chairman of the Russian Central Election Commission, said on the 17th that Russia invited 1,115 international observers from 129 countries and regions to monitor the voting to ensure that the election was fair and transparent.

    (Participating in reporters: Yellow River, Jiang Youlin, Zhao Bing, Hua Di)